Should knowing English be a requirement to become a US citizen?

Question

I think it should be. I'm not going to learn a different language for people who are coming into this country, where the national language is English; not Spanish, not Chinese, not Tagalog. Just English. People come here and they expect us to learn their language? It doesn't work that way. If immigrants want the great opportunities of this great nation, they need to work for it by coming here legally and knowing English. If they do that, great.

I'm sick of having to "Press '1' for English". I'm tired of reading signs that also have foreign translations. This wouldn't have happened in the 1950s and it shouldn't happen now.

And don't even get me started on television and radio broadcasts in foreign languages, primarily Spanish...

If we keep doing this, we lose our language. Once we lose our language, we lose our culture. Once we lose our culture, we lose our borders. What good is a country without borders, language, or culture?

Oh, one more thing. It's called a "foreign language" because it's a language not spoken here, in the United States of America.

Answer 1

i think they make you take a history test and know the anthem/pledge

Answer 2

By the same logic, the Puritans should have been required to learn Anishinabe or Pequot.  Like the natives spoke.

Answer 3

When Europeans came to North America First Nations didn't expect them to learn their language. It was a mutual thing and they both learned each others language and communicated. Am not saying they shouldn't learn english but am just saying that You can't make that into a RULE. You should EXPECT them to learn english [and eventually most of them do] but you can't FORCE them to do so.

you sound like a scared American. Homogenization is a FACT...accept it.

Answer 4

NOT ONLY JUST KNOWING IT, BUT BEING FLUENT IN IT.

Answer 5

My answer is a definite yessssssssssssss   !!!

JMM